福克斯新闻 国会议员承认学历和工作经历造假

New York Congressman¹-elect George Santos who's a Republican has admitted to lying about his education and work experience during his campaign.

纽约州当选国会议员、共和党人乔治·桑托斯承认，他在竞选期间谎报了自己的教育和工作经历。

David Lee Miller² is live in our New York Newsroom with the details, David.

大卫·李·米勒将在我们的纽约新闻编辑室为您带来详细报道。

Jonathan, for the first time since the New York Times published allegations that the Republican Congressman-elect lied about or misrepresented his past, George Santos is speaking out in a couple of interviews.

乔纳森，自从《纽约时报》报道称共和党国会议员当选人谎报或歪曲自己的过去至今，乔治·桑托斯第一次在几次采访中直言不讳。

He sounded both apologetic as well as defiant³.

他听起来既抱歉又挑衅。

Santos told WABC radio that the Times article and media reaction to it was unfair.

桑托斯告诉WABC电台，时报的文章和媒体对此的反应是不公平的。

(To get) down to the nitty gritty, I’m not a fraud.

说到底，我不是个骗子。

I’m not a criminal who defrauded⁴ the entire country and made up this fictional⁵ character and ran for Congress.

我不是一个欺骗整个国家，还编造了这个虚构角色并竞选国会议员的罪犯。

For more information, today, in a separate interview with the New York Post, Santos did admit to lying about getting a degree from Baruch College in 2010.

更多信息，今天在接受《纽约邮报》的单独采访时，桑托斯承认在2010年获得巴鲁克学院学位一事上撒谎。

He told the paper he never graduated from any college.

他告诉该报，他从未从任何一所大学毕业。

During the campaign he claimed to have worked for Citigroup and Goldman Sachs.

在竞选期间，他声称曾为花旗集团和高盛工作。

He now blames using and I quote “a poor choice of words” for creating the impression he worked directly for the two financial firms.

他现在指责自己“用词不当”，给人留下了他直接为这两家金融公司工作的印象。

He says another company he worked for called Link Bridge had a business relationship with the two companies.

他说，他工作过的另一家名为Link Bridge的公司与这两家公司有业务关系。

I did extensive work on the LP side with Goldman Sachs in my time at Link Bridge.

在Link Bridge工作期间，我与高盛一起在有限合伙人方面做了大量工作。

I did extensive work with Citigroup in my time and the LP position in Link Bridge investors⁶, just like I did work with firms on the GP side of things.

在我任职期间，我曾在花旗集团做过大量工作，在Link Bridge投资者中担任有限合伙人职位，就像我在普通合伙人方面与各公司合作一样。

Santos also refuted the Times report that claimed he had been charged with fraud in Brazil for using a stolen checkbook.

桑托斯还驳斥了时报的报道，该报道称，桑托斯因使用被盗的支票簿而在巴西被控欺诈。

He told the radio station the report is not true.

他告诉电台，这篇报道并不属实。

I’m not a criminal.

我不是罪犯。

Not here.

在国内不是。

Not abroad, in any jurisdiction⁷ in the world, have I ever committed any crimes.

在国外也不是，在世界上的任何司法管辖区，我从未犯过任何罪行。

Despite admitting to what he calls resume embellishments, Republican Congressman elect Santos says he is not going to step down and expects to take his seat in the next Congress, Jonathan.

尽管共和党众议员当选人桑托斯承认了他所谓的简历美化，但他表示，他不会辞职，并期待在下一届国会中任职，以上，乔纳森。

1 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

2 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

3 defiant   

adj.无礼的，挑战的

参考例句：

• With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时，仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
• He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。

4 defrauded   

v.诈取，骗取( defraud的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He defrauded his employers of thousands of dollars. 他诈取了他的雇主一大笔钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He defrauded them of their money. 他骗走了他们的钱。 来自辞典例句

5 fictional   

adj.小说的，虚构的

参考例句：

• The names of the shops are entirely fictional.那些商店的名字完全是虚构的。
• The two authors represent the opposite poles of fictional genius.这两位作者代表了天才小说家两个极端。

6 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

7 jurisdiction   

n.司法权，审判权，管辖权，控制权

参考例句：

• It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
• Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。